Curtain, portiere, and drape structure



Sept. 12, 1933. w. c. CHAPMAN CURTAIN, PORTIE/RE, AND DRAPE STRUCTUREFiled Jan. 13, 1933 xanax-:QQ:

Patented Sept. l2, 1933 f I 1,926,338 i UNITED STATES l CURTAIN,PoR'rIREQANnpnAPE STRUCTUREV f William C. Chapman, Chicago,y Ill.ApplicationvJanuary 13, 1933;.' jjsrialNo. 651,480. 3 Claims. (Gl.`156-10) The invention` relates to improvements in curtain, portire andVdrape structures of the general type embodied in my application forUnited States Letters Patent, Serial No. 609,998, filed 5 May 9th, 1932now Patent Number 1,892,448, Dec. 27,1932, and the primary object of theinvention is toprovide new` and improved means foroperatingandsupporting curtain, portire and drape structures whereby to:secure` in a self-pleating curtain, portire or drape structure anunpleated margin or border in the curtain edge for purposes of.` finishandv manipulation and more particularly for properly disposing ofthebody of this portion of the curtain inthe planei of the usual curtainrod or supporting pole so that only one desired facing or surface' ofthe curtain, Vportire or `drape material' will be visible from each sideof lthe suspended device. This is particularly true with curtains orportires of the general type illustrated in connection with theembodiment of the invention herein set forth when the curtain or portireis made of the doubled faced type with the oppositefaces'of the curtainsor portires being differently colored to correspond with the colorscheme of two adjacent rooms connected by a portal designed to be o1 lnamented by the curtain or portire, my improvement retainingacomfortable marginat the vertical inner edge-of thecurtain or portirein the plane of the curtain pole and of theportal aswell solthat nolpart of the diierently colored sides of the curtain adjacent these edgeswill be exposed to view from the room or other space on theoppositesides of the curtain.

A further object of the invention is to provide Yan improved curtain',portire or drape structure with a Well defined vertical operating marginor edge adapted to be held substantially in the plane A 40 of thecurtain pole` orrodin combination with means for automatically pleatingotherportions of the said curtain.

AOther objects ofthe invention will appear from the followingdescription of the preferred embodiment of my invention which isillustrated in the accompanying drawing forming Y,a part ofthespecication, the `novel features being set forth in the appended'claims.l

In the said drawing; l, 4 g Fig. l is an elevation view of a portal oropeningto which a pair of curtains-or portires em'- bodying theinvention is applied. f

Fig. 2 is abroken enlarged top plan View taken just above the supportingrod or pole and illustrating a curtain or portire like that shown atample, if it is desired to have the material' 14 the left hand side ofthe elevation View, Fig. 1, in its normal positionon its supporting poleor rod, they main body of the curtain. being in` its pleated orsinous-like formation with the inner marginal portion thereof lyingsubstantially in `the plane of the curtain pole in a manner secured byreason of the present invention.

, Fig. 3 isv an enlargedY detailed sectionall view on the line3-3 ofFig. llooking in the direction indicated by the arrows, the position` ofthe View `being also indicated bythe transverse line 33 of Fig. 2looking in the direction indicated by the arrows. t

Fig.-4 is an` enlarged fragmentary view of a portion ofy the curtainembodying the invention, A

.the `same being shown suspended also on afragmentaryportion of thecurtain rodl :is-illustrated in Figs. 1 and`2.V

Fig. 5 is a detailed sectional view on line- 5--5 of Fig. 1 lookinginthe direction indicated by 75` the arrows,-F-ig. 6 is anV enlargeddetail, fragmen* tary, sectional `View showing the manner ofconstruction aportire or drape of the character shown in the drawing inorder to form a French pleat on one verticaLlateral edgefthereof.

The reference characters 110 and 1l designate generally flexiblefabric--curtains,4 portires or drapes adapted to.v serveasadjustableclosures to the door opening or portal .as indicatedby thereference character 12in Fig.- 1. vl3isaA supporting rod or pole forlthe portires` 10'and 1-1 which may be made of any desiredflexiblefmaterial: but made of twosheets `of `variably colored fabric asdesignated, for example, by the reference characters 14, 15, Figs. 1, -5and 6. vFor eX- of one, color to match the furnishings `in the room onthat side ofthe opening 12, the ma` terial on the other side of thecurtain as desig-v nated by the reference character 15, may be ofanother'color and the sheets 14, l5 Vmay be brought together and folded'in the manner i1- lustrated in Fig. 6 after beingk stitched as indicatedat `16 to form `a French pleat. While the formation of such French pleatby bringing'four i thicknesses of the-material together, that is, twothicknesses of. each color, will increase and strengthen the inner edgeof each curtain, it will not bring the' different colors into such`position wheremore than one colored side ofthe curtain 105 willbe-visible from either side of the portal. f

`To attain this end on the inner margin of the curtain 10 and 11asindicated, for example, at 17 and 18, I attach at the top edge of thebody portions of the curtain 14 and 15, a marginal ISD suspending loopof flexible material as designated by the reference character 19 alongthe inner vertical marginal edge 17 of the curtain 10 and at 2O alongthe corresponding part of the marginal portion 18 of the curtain 11, thedetails of this marginal supporting loop being shown most clearly withreference to the loop 19 of curtain in Fig. 5 from which it will be seenthat loop 19, formed of a suitable, substantially exible cord, will besufficiently elongated to comfortably co-operate with the U-shaped loopsof the same character of cords as designated by the refer-i encecharacter 25, Figs. 1, 2 and 3. The spaced apart suspended U-shapedloops which are arranged to lie in the plane of the curtain with thelegs thereof spaced apart and protruding above the upper marginal edgeof the curtain in the form of inverted U-shaped members as illustratedin detail more particularly in Fig. 3, function to hold the curtain,portire or drape in im` proved self -pleating condition on the curtainrod or pole 13 afterthe manner more fully shown and described andclaimed in my co-pending application, Serial No. 609,998, led May 9th,1932, and my marginal suspending loops 19, 20 cor'- respondsubstantially in length with the loops but the legs of these loops arearranged to be secured to the upper marginal edge of the curtain atsubstantiallythe same point as illustrated most clearlyin Figs. 1, 4 and5 so that these loops 19 and 20 may surround the curtain pole 13 and atthe samel time suspend a substantial portion of the marginal edge up tosubstantially the rst of the U shaped loops 25 so that these marginaledges of the curtain will lie easily and naturally in the plane of thecurtain pole 13 and will remain in that position regardless of thenatural tendency of the remaining portions of the curtain, portire ordrape to assume a pleated condition as shown in the drawf ing, thusaffording an improved appearance to the curtain, portire or drape'andespecially holdingY the same in the desired position to avoid displayingmore than one side of the curtain at a time at 'its marginal edgeregardless of the position of adjustment of such marginal edge of thecurtain on the supporting pole'or rod.

In order that the invention might be understood, the details thereofhavebeen particularly set forth butit is not desired'to be limited tosuch details save' as setY forth in the appended claims for it willbeapparent that persons skilled in the art may resort to modicationswithout departing from the purpose and scope ofmy invention.

I claim:

1. The combination in a drape, of a curtain body in the form of a sheetof flexible material having a plurality of inverted U-shaped loopssecured in spaced apart relation and extending above the upper edge ofthe curtain body with the depending legs of said inverted U-shaped*loops secured in normal spaced apartrelation thereon so that said loopsshall lie substantially within the adjacent normal 'plane of th-ecurtain body whereby to cause the latter to tend to assume normally apleated condition with the portions of the curtain body below the saidloops extending transversely when the said U-'shaped loops are threadedfrom alternatersid'es of the normal plane thereof'upon an elongatedcurtain support, there being asupplemental loopsecured to the upper edgeof the curtain, portire or curtain body to support the inner marginaledge of the curtain body, the said loop being provided with extendinglegs brought to a common point of attachment at the top marginal edge ofthe curtain body whereby to permit said inner marginal edge supported bysaid loop to hang normally in the plane of the portal and parallel withthe axis of the said elongated curtain support. Y

2. The combination in a curtain, portire or drape of a curtain body inthe form of a sheet of flexible material having a plurality of invertedU-shaped loops secured in spaced apart relation and 'extending above theupper edge of the curtain body with the depending legs of said invertedU- shaped loops secured in normal spaced apart relation thereon so thatsaid loops shall lie substantially'within the adjacent normal plane ofthe curtain body whereby to cause the latter to tend to assume normallya pleated condition with the portions of the curtain body below the saidloops extending transversely when thesaid U-shaped loops are threadedfrom alternate sides of the normal plane thereof upon an elongatedcurtain support, there being a supplemental'loop secured to the upperedge of the curtain body to support the inner marginal edge of thecurtain body, the said loop being provided with extending legs broughtto a common point of attachment at the top marginal edge of the curtainbody whereby to permit said vinner marginaledge supported by said loopto hang normally in the plane of the portal and parallel with the axisof the said elongated curtain support, and a flexible loop swivellyconnected to the said curtain body at the upper edge thereof to supportthe inner marginal edge of the curtain and permit thesame to hangnormally within the plane of the curtain support in an unpleatedcondition.

3. The combination in a curtain, portire or drape, of a curtain body inthe form of a sheet of exible material having a plurality of invertedyU-shaped loops secured in spaced apart relation and extending above theupper edge of the curtain body with the depending legs of said invertedkU- shaped loops securedin normal spaced apart relation thereon so'thatsaid loops, shall lie substan- Y support, there being a supplementalloop secured to the upper edge of the curtain body to support the innermarginal edge ofthe curtain body, the said loop being provided withextending legs broughtV to a common point of attachment at the topmarginal edge of the curtain body whereby to permit said inner marginaledge supported by said loop tohang normallyin the plane of the portaland parallel with the axis of the said elongated curtain support, and aflexible loop swivelly connected tothe saidcurtain body at the upperedgethereof to support the inner marginal edge of the curtain and permit thesame to hang normally within the plane of the curtain support in anunpleated condition whereby to expose but one side ofthe inner marginaledge of the curtain Vto view on each side* of the'said elongated curtainsupport. l

V WILLIAM C. CHAPMAN.

